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November 21, 2024
Sumita Bhattacharya
Poem

A Time for Reflection: An Untrodden Path & Human Transience

Sumita translates the song “Jakhon porbe na mor paayer chinnho ei baate,” by Rabindranath Tagore, exclusively for Different Truths. Tagore contemplates the impermanence of life and the insignificance of...

October 3, 2024
Mopuru Penchula Narasimham
Poem

The Pain of Separation: An Exploration of Lost Love

Mopuru’s poem is a tale of lost love and broken dreams, where the once-vibrant world fades into a colourless, lonely existence, exclusively for DifferentTruths. Behind the kohl darkness,Broken mercury...

September 12, 2024
Sunanda B Mahapatra
Poem, Translation

The Pain of Lost Love: Regret and Reconciliation

Sunanda’s poem explores loss, regret, and human existence, highlighting despair and loneliness. It delves into identity, purpose, and individual fate, exclusively for Different Truths. Garnering a distressed heartThat is...

April 27, 2024
Santosh Bakaya
Book Review, Poem, Translation

Beautiful!” I echoed, as my eyes were dazzled by the minute glitters on my neck.

n a review for Different Truths, Dr. Santosh explores “Muse of Software-Clad Body,” a book that blends science, philosophy, and art through the concept of organic software. Reading Muse of...

March 7, 2024
Soumya Mukherjee
Humour

Of Rashtrabhasha, Bongs and Faux Pas!

We usually think in one language and translate in another. Much is lost in translation, and the meaning often changes. . Here’s a hilarious account by our humourist in...

January 23, 2024
Mopuru Penchula Narasimham
Poem

A Glimpse into Unyielding Willpower

Mopuru’s patriotic poem is about the fearless sentinels, their eyes blazing with patriotism, igniting the nation’s spirit, exclusively for Different Truths. The goddess of sleep is scared to reach...

December 16, 2023
Vatsala Radhakeesoon
Short Story

The Bright Light of Knowledge

Vatsala tells us about a learned Vedic priest of the Arya Samaj, modelled on her maternal grandfather, Pandit Harikrishna Beeharee, whom she dedicates this short story to. The protagonist illuminates the...

May 20, 2023
Prof. Nandini Sahu
Book Review, Criticism, Gender, Translation

Harimohan’s The Bride: A Masterly Appraisal in Shared Pragmatism

Lalit Kumar’s translation of Harimohan Jha’s “Kanyadan” into English, “The Bride,” shows how translation conveys cultural works to readers unfamiliar with the original language or culture. In a globalised society, cultural identities must...

January 28, 2023
Prof. Seema Jain
Book Review, Short Story, Translation

Varied Themes Span a Century in Twelve Translated Tales

Seema reviews Chaitali Sengupta’s book, Timeless Tales in Translation, spanning a century, from stories in Hindi, Urdu, and Bangla, from mater storytellers – exclusively for Different Truths. Translators are like...

July 2, 2022
Lopamudra Banerjee
Governance

Kobir Bouthan: The Bard’s Sister-in-Law – II

Here’s the second and concluding part of Lopamudra’s translation of Mallika Sengupta’s, a renowned Bengali poet and novelist’s biographical novel, Kobir Bouthan (Bard’s Sister-in-law). Here’s the first part of the two-part excerpt — an exclusive for Different Truths. The people...

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